‘Inside the Script’ Lets Fans Dig Deeper Into Favorite Movies

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution said Sunday it would start making the screenplays to four of the studio’s more iconic movies available for sale as e-books. As part of the studio’s “Inside the Script” digital publishing initiative, fans can now buy e-book versions of “Casablanca,” “Ben-Hur,” “An American in Paris” and “North by Northwest” for their iPads, Kindles and Nooks.

The studio hopes to establish a market for digital screenplays, which it can bundle with archival materials otherwise languishing in studio vaults.

Each e-book title will retail for $10 and includes the film’s actual shooting script and rare historical documents from the Warner Bros. archives. The “Casablanca” e-book, for instance, not only includes the original script, but it also features producer Hall Wallis’ production notes and studio chief Jack Warner’s telegrams and memos. The “Ben-Hur” e-book contains excerpts from star Charlton Heston’s acting and shooting journals during filming, as well as a forward and photograph captions written by Mr. Heston’s son, Fraser.

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